Two things bring down my opinion of this collection, one is personal, one is more objective.

The first, through no fault of its own, is my distaste forTwo things bring down my opinion of this collection, one is personal, one is more objective.

The first, through no fault of its own, is my distaste for the short story. It's not that I don't think a good story can be told in 10,000 words or thereabouts, in fact many can, but most of this collection needed more fleshing out to really make any sort of impact on me.

The second, though, is how dated it seems. What was edgy and relevant in 1994 seems rather redundant and blasé in 2012. On the plus side, that means that, in spite of what certain groups are trying to do, society is getting better, and that's downright heartening.

The primary standout in my mind is M. E. Kerr's "We Might As Well Be Strangers," the story of how a young, Jewish girl comes out to her mother and grandmother, and how hatred can be both learned from and forgotten.

The collection is worth a read, no matter what I may have said. While not all of the stories are still relevant, many are, and the ones that aren't provide a good picture of changing times and what life was like not even twenty years ago....more

A wonderful collection of (mostly) lesbian short stories, running the gamut from happy to everyday to heartwrenching. As with all collections, some woA wonderful collection of (mostly) lesbian short stories, running the gamut from happy to everyday to heartwrenching. As with all collections, some work better than others, but the overall effect is a broad scope of experience distilled into one slim volume well worth a read....more